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fastball

«Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.»
«Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's how you feel when (Nolan) Ryan's throwing balls by you.»
«The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.»
«Once Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy.»
«The dumber a pitcher is, the better. When he gets smart and begins to experiment with a lot of different pitches, he's in trouble. All I ever had was a fastball, a curve and a changeup and I did pretty good.»
«I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.»
«You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.»